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Benefits

A benefit will be held for Sara Michaels on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Black Walnut Legion. There will be food and drinks, music by Joan DeGaramo, a basket raffle, a coin pitch, face painting, bracelets, magnets, shirts, homemade ornaments, Pampered Chef items and Thirty- One products. Anyone interested in donating a basket, making bake sale items or donating items to give away for the coin pitch, it would be greatly appreciated. The drop-off points will be at the Thirty-One office by the Children’s Center in Wyalusing, Who Knew? Consignments in Wyalusing and B.Z. Michaels’s Beauty Shop in Laceyville. Pre-sale tickets are available at the drop-off locations listed above and Eb’s Market, as well as at the door. Questions, call Carly Sheldon, 570- 721-3583 or Alicia Potts Clouse, 570-746-3501.

The Skyline Boys - a Southern Gospel singing group will be performing in the North Orwell Union Church, North Orwell, PA. on Feb. 2 at 10:00 a.m. This service is being hosted by the Rome United Methodist Church and the North Orwell Union Church. A free will offering will be taken and merchandise will be available for purchase. A potluck luncheon will be held at the North Orwell Community Hall after the service. All are invited to hear this presentation of the gospel and attend the luncheon.

The Creation vs. Evolution “Seminar Safari” on Saturday, Jan. 25, 5 p.m., potluck. 6 to 8 p.m., first session. Sunday, Jan. 26, special service time, 10 a.m. to noon, special session, 5 to 5:45, soup supper, 6 to 8:30 p.m., last session. The sessions will be held at the Moxie Community Church, 315 Benjamin Rd., Wyalusing. For more information, call 570-746-2228.

All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Dinner, Saturday, Jan. 25, 5 to 8 p.m. at American Legion Post #534, Wyalusing. $7, adults; six to 12, $4. Open to public. An Open House will also be held so the public can view the new renovations done to the post. S2- 2c/R2-2c

A free senior (60 and over) luncheon will be served on Feb. 11 at noon at the Skinners Eddy United Methodist Church, Laceyville. Pasta is the main course, plus other items. Yvonne Robinson will be the entertainment. Call either Theresa at 570-869-1153 or Bonnie at 570-869-1938 for reservations. No reservations taken after Feb. 9. All seniors welcome.

Free soup suppers at Hollenback United Methodist Church on Feb. 12, March 12 and April 9, from 5 to 6 p.m. with a Bible Study from 4:30 until 5. All welcome.

AA Meeting—Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the basement of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, nonsmoking.

S.O.S. Al-Anon—Family Group will meet on Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Hopkins Street, Sayre.

TOPS PA #1134—Laceyville, meets each Tuesday evening at the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville. Weigh-ins from 5:15 to 6 p.m., meeting from 6-7 p.m. For more information, call 570-965-2493 or 570-869-1834. Toll-free 1-800-932-8677.

Compassionate Friends—of the Endless Mountains will hold their meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Endless Health Community Center, Montrose. TCF is open to all families who have lost a child from any cause at any age. There are no membership dues or fees of any kind. For more information, call 570-965-0901 (evenings) or 570-278-1658 or e-mail tcfendlmts@hotmail.com.

MOPS—Mothers of Preschoolers meet every first and third Wed. of the month from 9 to 11 a.m., September through May. Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church, 5 Court St., Towanda. All mothers of preschoolers are welcome. Child care is provided for children, ages infant through five years old. For more information, contact the church at 570- 265-5575.

Al-Anon meetings in Tunkhannock—Endless Serenity Al-Anon Family Group on Monday, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, 7 p.m., Saturday, noon. All meetings are held at the Tunkhannock UM Church Education Bldg., second floor.

Diabetes Support Groupmeeting the first Thursday of every month at the Guthrie Clinic office in Towanda beginning at 5:30 p.m. There is no charge and all diabetics and family members are welcome. For more information, call Dawn at Guthrie Clinic at 570- 265-6165 during regular business hours.

The Wyalusing Masonic Lodge No. 618 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Lodge Hall, 158 Church St., Wyalusing. For more information, call 570-721- 0008.

Memorial Hospital’s monthly bereavement support group schedule for 2014 will continue to meet on the last Tuesday of each month from 3 to 4:30 p.m., located in the library on the lower level of Memorial Hospital, Towanda. The group follows the book by James Miller, “What Will Help Me?” and other authors’ writings related to grief and loss. The support group is open to those who have experienced loss and is facilitated by Trudy Ventello, LSW, a social worker with Memorial Hospital’s Hospice program. For more information call 570- 268.2233.

Towanda-Wysox Kiwanis Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Weigh Station Café at 7:30 a.m. in Towanda. They find ways to help the children in the community. Contact Eileen Sheets at 570-265-2350 for more information.

Addictions to Victory— Faith-based support for addictions. Program will be held the first and third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at New Generation Church, Milan, 570- 888-1967.

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) group meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter’s Church, 3832 State Route 6, Tunkhannock. For more information, visit www.mops.org or www.stpetestunkhannock.org. Call 570-836-2233.

Al-Anon meetings on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the upstairs kitchen of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Open meeting, non-smoking.

Wyalusing Musical Society will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. The program will be the Early Morning Jazz group from the high school. Guests are welcome to attend.

The next meeting of the Bradford/ Sullivan Counties Intellectual Disabilities Program Quality Improvement Council will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Human Services large conference room. Please RSVP by Jan. 27 to Judy Evans at 570-265-1760 or 1-800-588-1828.

Endless Mountains Model Railroad Club will meet Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 at 6 p.m. at the club building, 7837 Route 29, Dimock. A work bee will start at 4 p.m. Visitors and new members are always welcome. For more information, see the website at http://emmrrc.wix.com/trains .

Caregivers’ Support Group sponsored by the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman and the B/S/S/T Area Agency on Aging meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Library at Memorial Hospital Personal Care Home in Towanda. Anyone taking care of a family member or loved one, be it at home or as a resident of a long-term care facility welcome. For information, call Donna Benjamin at the Law Office of Leslie Wizelman, 570-746-3844 or Carol Dieffenbach at Area Agency on Aging, 570-265-6121. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

RTL will hold baseball and softball sign-ups on Jan. 24 at the Wyalusing Valley Elementary School from 6 to 8 p.m. and Feb. 7 and 21 from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Wyalusing Valley High School Wrestling Booster Club is currently compiling a directory of all past WVHS wrestlers. Any past Ram grappler who would like to be included in the directory should contact Joe Buttito with address and phone number at 570-746-1689 or by email at mountainhaus@epix.net.

Trivia Night

Wyalusing Public Library is putting on a Trivia Night, Saturday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m at the American Legion in Wyalusing. This event is sponsored by Niemiec, Smith & Pellinger Law Firm and all proceeds will benefit the Wyalusing Public Library. Tickets are $10 per person.

Saint Agnes School in Towanda is putting on a Trivia Night, Saturday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. at JFK Hall at St. Agnes. Event is sponsored by the Niemiec, Smith and Pellinger Law Firm and all proceeds benefit St. Agnes School. Tickets are $10 per person and doors open at 6 p.m. R3- 3c/S4-2c